Abstract
A simple model was developed to predict the impact that solid-state interdiffusion and dissolution have on liquid formation and its duration during transient liquid phase sintering (TLPS). The model predicts that solid-state interdiffusion can dramatically reduce the amount of liquid initially formed during heating. This reduction is dependent on the heating rate and initial base metal particle size. In cases of sintering above the additive phase melting point, the model predicts that base metal dissolution increases liquid phase formation and that this additional melting reduces the base metal particle size. The model predicts that longer times are required to solidify isothermally the greater amounts of liquid formed at higher temperatures (because of dissolution). This agreed qualitatively with experimental results for a Ni-65 wt pct Cu TLPS mixture sintered at 1090 °C and 1140 °C. Quantitative comparisons between the model and experiment were good at 1140 °C; however, the rate of isothermal solidification was underestimated by the model for intermediate sintering times at 1085 °C.
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